Ekaterina Gerun, Igor Akinfeev’s Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Russian World Cup star Igor Akinfeev’s wife is Ekaterina Gerun, a Ukrainian-born model, actress, dancer and aspiring filmmaker who studied chemistry before pursuing a career in the entertainment world....
View ArticleAchilles, the ‘Psychic Cat’: See His World Cup Predictions
Achilles the “Psychic Cat” is being pitched as a feline Nostradamus, and he’s put his talents toward predicting the first match winner in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It’s not as crazy as it sounds....
View ArticleVictoria Lopyreva, Fedor Smolov’s Ex-Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Fedor Smolov and Victoria Lopyreva are both playing key roles in the 2018 World Cup, but not in the way they expected a few years ago. The couple got married in 2013, but ended up divorcing in 2015....
View ArticleWorld Cup Memes 2018: Best Funny Putin Images & Others From Russia
The 2018 World Cup is underway in Russia, and Russian president Vladimir Putin did not disappoint by providing us with the first of hopefully many funny memes for the tournament. Russia got out to a...
View ArticleOne Likely Winner of the World Cup? Vladimir Putin
By Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University Half a million soccer fans will head to Russia to watch their national teams compete in the FIFA World Cup. Billions more around the world will watch on...
View ArticleTrump-Putin Summit: How Russians See the U.S.
By Erik C. Nisbet, The Ohio State University and Olga Kamenchuk, The Ohio State University Donald Trump sits down with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16 in Helsinki for their first one-on-one...
View ArticleMaria Butina: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
On the same day President Donald Trump held a summit and press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Justice Department announced that a Russian woman has been arrested on a charge of...
View ArticleMaria Butina, Accused Russian Operative, Met Scott Walker
Maria Butina, who now stands accused by the U.S. Justice Department of trying to infiltrate American political groups on behalf of the Russian government, once met with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker,...
View ArticleMaria Butina & the NRA: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Maria Butina, a Russian gun rights activist who has ties to the National Rifle Association, was arrested Sunday and charged with conspiracy to act as an agent to the Russian Federation. She is being...
View ArticleCari G. Lutkins: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Late Monday, a few hours before Pres. Donald Trump was to land following a near 12-hour flight from Helsinki following what was arguably the most ignominious of press conferences by world leaders in...
View ArticleMarina Gross: Some Want Trump’s Interpreter Subpoenaed
Marina Gross was President Donald Trump’s interpreter during his one-on-one meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, and now some Democrats want to subpoena Gross to see what she knows. Marina Goss has...
View ArticleAlexander Torshin: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
What a Tennessee businessman told The Washington Post years ago may shed a very bright light on why many Republicans are looking the other way on Russia: “The value system of Southern Christians and...
View ArticleHow Can We Protect the US Grid From Russian Hackers?
By Manimaran Govindarasu, Iowa State University and Adam Hahn, Washington State University The U.S. electricity grid is hard to defend because of its enormous size and heavy dependency on digital...
View ArticleMary Ellen Powers: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Late Thursday a new filing was made in the 12-count federal Southern District of New York case the Democratic National Committee versus the Russian Federation, Donald J. Trump for President, Donald...
View ArticlePyotr Verzilov: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Pyotr Verzilov of the punk rock band Pussy Riot was rushed to the hospital late Tuesday, September 11, 2018. He was being treated in the toxicology wing of a Moscow hospital. Members of the band, known...
View ArticleWoodward Says He Didn’t Find Evidence of Russia Collusion
Bob Woodward says that, despite looking hard for it during research for his new book, he did not find evidence of collusion between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia. However, he also said that...
View ArticleStone Sour Fan Gets Clotheslined by Security After Rushing Corey Taylor
Stone Sour performed a show in Moscow on November 16, and a fan made the mistake of trying to rush up to frontman Corey Taylor on stage while he sang “Bother.” The attempt did not end well for the fan....
View ArticleWATCH: Russia Rams Ukraine Tugboat, Fires Upon & Seizes Three Vessels
"Дави его справа, зажимай, бл@ядь". Зявилось відео тарану українського буксира російським судном pic.twitter.com/T6XP5x2fLM — Українська правда ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) November 25, 2018 Tensions between...
View ArticleBerlin Station Season 3: Five Questions From Episodes 1, 2
Berlin Station’s good-looking spies – operating against the complex tapestry of modern-day Germany and Eastern Europe – return in a third season that sees Daniel Miller (Richard Armitage) sleuthing his...
View ArticleWATCH: ‘Drunk’ Russian Tried & Failed to Hijack Plane to Afghanistan [VIDEO]
Russian state news agency RT reported that an “Aeroflot flight from the Siberian city of Surgut to Moscow was forced to land some 240km short of its destination after a passenger demanded that the...
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